An Introduction to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law's Investment Treaty Forum

It is great pleasure to welcome you here today to the second conference held under the
auspices of the Investment Treaty Forum. I am at the British Institute, as are most of the
people in this morning's panel, in one capacity or another. As you may know, the Institute has
established this forum as a centre for research and policy discussion into the topic of
investment treaties and disputes. The forum will build on the existing activities at the
Institute in public international law and international commercial arbitration. This is the area
where these two strands of our activities ...